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Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper by graphitezepp on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @08:35AM (#15174496)
Quick "I have no idea how plants work" question, would a more carbon rich atmosphere promote faster growth?
Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper by bluGill on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:19AM (#15176063)
That depends on the plant. Some plants are CO2 limited, and would grow better. Thus out competing other plants that are limited by something else. This is not necessarily good though, such plants tend to be ones we already consider weeds with little useful value.

Of course in the dry deserts everything is water limited. There are also temperature and altitude (air pressure) limits that affect various other regions/climates.

Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper by onion2k on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @08:44AM (#15174546)
In specific controlled environments, yes. In the real world not so much. https://www.skepticalscience.com/Increasing-Carbon-Dioxide-i...
Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper by jtuente on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:51AM (#15175751)
> In specific controlled environments

I think you mean, with sufficient soil nutrients, yes. That's not a controlled environment, that's a environmental requirement.